Moni Johnson
Captain
Flight distance : 1375846 ft
United States
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First, the bad news...
Only have one thing to say in this section. I cannot use the SC with my favorite setup (Canon 6D Mark II with the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art lens) because the lens is just too long and front heavy to balance correctly and use the SC's full range of motor motion. Basically, like others have complained, having to move the camera so far back to properly balance the front-heavy setup causes the camera to hit the back motor when at certain degrees of tilt.
My solution: Curl up into the fetal position and cry- Wait. Did I type that out loud?!! Never mind that. What I REALLY did was changed my setup. I am using the 6D Mark II with the Canon 24mm f/2.8 IS USM or the Canon 80D with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. Either combo allows balancing and full use of the SC and the shots still look as (or close to as) good as with the Sigma 24mm.
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Now, the good news...
• Balancing with the axis locks is super-easy. I did a balance of my first "workable" setup in less than 3 minues.
• Active Track 3.0 is the bee's knees! Bee's knees, you say?!! I think someone's grandmother used to say that. Anyway, the auto-human detection feature is very effective. I can not only track a subject while I hold the gimbal (while walking around), but I can activate Active Track, triple-click the SC's trigger and start recording myself while the gimbal sits on a table/tripod/stand/etc. This is gonna make vlogging and shooting BTS so much easier, and I don't have to hire a second camera operator. Did I mention this was the bee's knees?!!
• Axis locks (again) make travel so much better as an experience than it is with all the previous gimbals I have had (including the Ronin S).
• There is more but I have to get back to work now, so...
Very happy with my purchase.
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